Universal vise



C. A. CARLSON.

UNIVERSAL VISE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- l5, I9I9- 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

I N VEN TOR.

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C. A. CARLSON.

UNIVERSAL VISE.

1,383,524. APLICATION FILED NOV-15, |919- Patented 5,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.CARL ADRIAN cAitLsoN,vor1 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.v Y

UNIVERSAL vIsE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1921.

Application filed November 15, 1919. Serial No. 338,376.

T0 all whom t may concer/1i i Be it known that I, CARL ADRIAN CANIJ soN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing in New Britain, in the county ot' Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Universal Vise, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of devices employed for clamping and holding piecesct work for the operation ot' cutting tools of various kinds, and an object of my invention,r` among others',` is to provide a device of this class that shall be simple in construction, and'th'at may be Areadily operated to place the Vwork piecesin different angular positions for the operation of said cutting tools.

One form'of device embodying my invention and in the construction and use of' which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, 1s illustrated in 1the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view ot' my improved universal vise withA parts broken away to show construction.

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation with parts broken away to show construction.

F ig. 3 is an end view looking` at the vise from the right as seen lin Fig. 2.

Fig. a is a perspective view ot' a portion of a shaping machine showing my improved vise secured thereto and in a slightly different form from that shown in the preceding figures.

Fig. 5 is a view showing a further slightly different form of my improved vise.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 6 indicates the saddle of my improved vise that may have any suitable means, as notches 7, to receive bolts tor attachment to a support, as the table or like part of a machine embodying a cutting tool or tools to operate upon a piece ot work held in the vise. This saddle has a recess or seat 8 of curved form to receive the base 9. The seat shown in Figs. 1 to 3 is of a length slightly greater than ninety degrees, but this length is immaterial to my `invention so long asV it is sutlicient to securely hold the base 9 and the work supported thereby. The meeting surfaces of the base and saddle have a groove on one part to receive a rib on the other part, as shown herein the groove 10v being formed in the saddle and the tongue or rib 11 being located on the base. Y The base is secured to the saddle so that it may be adjusted to different positions, in the forni or' attachment herein shown there being slots 12 toi-med through the base to receive fastening bolts 13 screwed into the base. The saddle is provided in its upper surface with a concentric T-slot 14 to receive bolts 15 located on op posite sides of the jaw support 16 of the vise, the latter having a pivot pin 17 extending into a hole formed in the center of the base 9. It will, of course, be understood that the bolts 15 have T-shaped ends to fit the T-shaped slots la.

The iXed jaw 18 of the vise projects from one end of the support 16 and the movable jaw 19 ris slidably mounted on the support and held thereon as by means of ribs 20 on opposite sides ot the support extending into grooves 21 on the inner sides of depending lianges V22 on the lower side parts of said movable jaws. The movable jaw is moved toward and from the fixed jaw, for the purpose of clamping or releasing a piece or work, as by means of a clamp screw 23 projecting through a lip 2l on the support 1G, said screw being held from lengthwise movement in said lip but free to rotate therein in a manner common to devices of this kind. Likewise, the gripping `laces ot' the jaws may be held in place as by means ot screws 25.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,l it will be seen that a piece or work held between the jaws 18 and 19 may be placed in any angular position that may be desired with respect to a cutting tool operating upon such piece of work, and the different adjustments for placing the work in such dit ferent angular positions may be readily obtained for such purpose.

The form of the device illustrated in Fig. 4 is substantially the same as that hereinabove described with the exception that the base 9 has its saddle formed in the knee 2G of a shaping machine 27, Fig. 4 illustrating that construction ot the vise to adapt it especially for use in connection with a shaping machine.

ln the form of the device illustrated in Fig. 5 the jaw support 28 is rigidly secured to the base 9 that rests in and is secured to a saddle 29, similar to that hereinabove described, with the one exception that the curved seat is of greater length than that shown inthe saddle first mentioned. In

Y this form of the structure the saddle is adjustably secured to a plate 30 in the same manner that the Ysupport 16 is secured to the base 9, said plate having T-sh'aped circular grooves 31 to receive the T-headed bolts 32 located on opposite sides Yof the center of the saddle 29.

In accordance With the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the principles of operation vof my invention, `togetherwith the device which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understoodthat the device shown is only illustrative, and that the invention may be *carried out by other means. Y Y Y I claiml. A universal vise con'iprising a vsaddle' having a curved seat, a base fitting said scat and in contact With substantially the entire seating surface thereof, means for adjustably securing the base to said seat, a jaw support adjusta-bly mounted on .said base,

means for rotatably adj ustably securing said support to said base, and means for securing clamping members extending from said supsaid support to said base.

2. A universal vise comprising a saddleV having a curved seating surface,a base having a seating surface fitting that Qn the vsaddle, one of ysaid seating surfaces being shorter than the other, an intermeshing integral tongue projecting from the longer of said seating surfaces and a grooveupon the shorter of said seating surfaces, means for adjustably securing the base to the saddle, a iaW support rotatably adjustably mounted on said base, and means for securing` said support to saidv base.

3. A universal vise comprising a saddle having a curved seating surface with a groove therein, ar base fitting said seating surface' and having a seating surface longer than that of the saddle, a `tongue projecting from the seating surface, of the base into said groove, means for adjustably securing the base to the saddle, a jaw support ad justably mounted on said base, and meansv for securing said support to said base. Y Y

et. A universal vise comprising a saddle Y having a curved'seat, a base fitting said seat,

means for adj ustably securing the base to said seat, said basev having aY circular T-shaped said base and seat having an intermeshingV tongue and groove andan' opening With slots extending therefrom tothe outer surface thereof and on opposite sides of said tongue and groove, clamping Vmembers located in said slots for adjustablysecuring the base to said seat, said base having a T-shaped circular groove, arjaW support seated on the flat surface of said',Y base, and Theaded portinto said T-`shaped slot to rotatably adjustably secure the'support to the base.

6. A universal vis-e comprising a saddle having a seat formed on a curve WithA a hori- Zontal axis, means for securing the saddle to theV seat in different positionsa javv support pivotally Ymounted on said saddle on an axis extending vertically, saidfsa'ddle having T-shaped slots formed concentrically ivith the axis thereon, and bolts having their heads located in the broader partY of said slots and with their opposite ends 'extending through lianges located on opposite sidesV of the j aw support.

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